Good Practices
Good Practices

Brochure

Good Practice of the Year Award Edition 2025

Brochure

Topic

Creating awareness & capacity-building

Dimension

Energy & Society

2025 marks the 12th year of the RGI Grid Awards. This year, the Renewables Grid Initiative (RGI) is honoured to feature more than 20 innovative practices which all seek to improve the technical, environmental and social aspects of electricity grid deployment and renewables integration.

With trends towards including nature-inclusive infrastructure management and design; innovative digital tools harnessing artificial intelligence and advanced data analysis; cross-sector collaborations; and novel forms of engagement and outreach, the RGI Grid Awards continue to serve as the gold standard in our common mission to deliver a renewables-based energy system that improves lives and enhances biodiversity.

The jury has selected four winners of this year’s Good Practice of the Year award, one for each of the three award categories – communication and engagement; environmental protection; and technological innovation and system integration – and one outstanding social achievement. The winners were announced during the RGI Grid Awards ceremony in Brussels on 2 December 2025.

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Mara Zainea

Manager – Communication

Mara Zainea

Manager – Communication

t: +49 30 2332 11031
Mara joined the Renewables Grid Initiative in 2021. Her main responsibilities at RGI encompass communications and media work as well as event management. She previously worked as a training coordinator at the Center for International Peace Operations in Berlin and at the Florence School of Regulation (FSR) within the European University Institute. At the FSR she was also responsible for donor relations and policy events. Mara studied in Sibiu (Romania), Salzburg (Austria) and Berlin (Germany) and holds degrees in German and English Philology (BA) and Arts and Media Administration (MA).

Stephanie Bätjer

Director – Communication

Stephanie Bätjer

Director – Communication

t: +49 30 2332 11017
Stephanie Bätjer is leading the Renewables Grid Initiative’s communication and event activities as Programme Manager – Communication. She is also heavily involved in RGI’s policy work and all activities that look at social engagement around grids. She previously worked in the communications team of the European Climate Foundation. Stephanie has studied at the Universities of Marburg and Hamburg, Germany, and the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. She holds degrees in political science and journalism.

Mara Zainea

Manager – Communication

Mara Zainea

Manager – Communication

t: +49 30 2332 11031
Mara joined the Renewables Grid Initiative in 2021. Her main responsibilities at RGI encompass communications and media work as well as event management. She previously worked as a training coordinator at the Center for International Peace Operations in Berlin and at the Florence School of Regulation (FSR) within the European University Institute. At the FSR she was also responsible for donor relations and policy events. Mara studied in Sibiu (Romania), Salzburg (Austria) and Berlin (Germany) and holds degrees in German and English Philology (BA) and Arts and Media Administration (MA).

Stephanie Bätjer

Director – Communication

Stephanie Bätjer

Director – Communication

t: +49 30 2332 11017
Stephanie Bätjer is leading the Renewables Grid Initiative’s communication and event activities as Programme Manager – Communication. She is also heavily involved in RGI’s policy work and all activities that look at social engagement around grids. She previously worked in the communications team of the European Climate Foundation. Stephanie has studied at the Universities of Marburg and Hamburg, Germany, and the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. She holds degrees in political science and journalism.